“It’s interesting as a parent, because respect is so important to me, and for him to understand the concept of respecting himself and respecting all other humans is important,” Britton tells Us exclusively. “I’m constantly asking him the question, ‘How do you teach that?’ So, that’s a learning process for me, too, ’cause it is an interesting idea to know how you teach something that is so important but kind of intangible in a way.”

The Friday Night Lights actress, 50, adopted her son, whose full name is Eyob, from Ethiopia when he was only 9 months old.